Philadelphia, PA Legal Services

Do you have a question about a patent or trademark matter, or an "unfair competition" matter?Contact the Law Offices of Bruce J. Chasan, LLC in Philadelphia, PA. With over 35 years of experience, Bruce litigated complex civil matters for the Federal Government and Fortune 500 corporations, including pharmaceutical patent infringement (ANDA) cases. Lead trial and appellate counsel in a wide range of business and commercial disputes, and personal injury cases. Value in personal service, efficiency, and cost savings. We are available to consult in complex cases, handle conflicts, and provide supplemental attorney manpower. Referrals are welcome.

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Selected Career Accomplishments

Law Offices of Bruce J. Chasan, LLC2012 to the Present

Counsel of record for civil litigation matters in the U.S District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the Eastern District of New York, and the District of Delaware, and in the Common Pleas Courts of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester and Montgomery Counties, PA. Also, serve a local counsel for out of town attorneys and clients. Also counsel of record in an Arbitration under the auspices of the American Arbitration Association.

Represented Apotex, Inc. as co-lead trial counsel in patent infringement litigation regarding clopidogrel bisulfate (Plavix®), a leading anti-clotting drug, in Sanofi-Synthelabo v. Apotex, Inc., No. 02-cv-2255 (S.D. N.Y.). Argued appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In pre-trial discovery, exposed inequitable conduct of co-inventor of the second patent-in-suit, forcing Sanofi to withdraw that patent from the suit, and accelerating the entry of generics into the market. Also pre-trial prepared strong validity challenge to the first patent-in-suit which enabled temporary settlement and at-risk launch of generic by Apotex.

Prepared and filed Reexamination Requests and petitions in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in connection with pharmaceutical patents.

Handled other patent infringement matters as co-counsel for plaintiff in High Concrete Structures, Inc. v. New Enterprise Stone and Lime Co., No. 02-cv-86 (E.D. Pa.), involving a mechanical device to facilitate highway transportation of oversize pre-cast concrete structures used in the construction of buildings and parking garages; and as counsel for defendant in Pall Corp. v. BioQuate, Inc., No. 07-686 (E.D. Pa.), involving a sterile connector used in laboratory research and numerous medical applications. In the High Concrete case, wrote winning brief in Federal Circuit appeal, obtaining reversal of a judgment of patent invalidity based on best mode. The BioQuate case settled.

Represented defendants in Lanham Act (trademark) cases in the United States District Courts in Atlanta, GA and Camden, NJ.

Associate Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Arlington, VA2001

Litigated appeals from decisions of the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and in the U.S. District Courts. Assisted in preparation of Amicus Curiae Briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court. Litigated disciplinary actions brought by the Office of Enrollment and Discipline. Counseled the agency on revisions to the Manual of Patent Examination Procedure and other matters.

Represented U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with regard to programs under the Clean Air Act and the River and Harbor Act of 1899. Defended agency rulemaking in challenges in the United States District Courts and Circuit Courts of Appeals. Assisted in the civil and criminal enforcement of environmental statutes in various locations across the United States. Argued appeals in the D.C., 4th, 6th and 9th Circuit U.S. Courts of Appeals. In particular, in DuPont v. Train, obtained dismissal in the U.S. District Court of the chemical industry’s challenge to EPA effluent regulations under the Clean Water Act, and the dismissal was upheld by the Court of Appeals and in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Attorney, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of General Counsel, Farmers Home Division, Washington, DC1972 - 1974

Advised Farmers Home Administration regarding operating loans, farm purchases, mortgages, administrative law, truth in lending, and the Freedom of Information Act. Liaison with United States Attorneys and the Department of Justice on agency litigation.